The California Office of the Attorney General reported a data breach involving Edward D. Jones & Co, L.P. on June 4, 2018. The breach occurred on April 21, 2018, when a file containing client personal information was mistakenly sent to another financial services company, affecting an unknown number of individuals. The exposed information included full names and Social Security numbers.
Source: https://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-136767
TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/edward-jones
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"linkid": "edward-jones",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "4/2018",
"severity": "85",
"impact": "4",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with customers data leaks"
{'affected_entities': [{'customers_affected': 'UNKN',
'industry': 'Finance',
'name': 'Edward D. Jones & Co, L.P.',
'type': 'Financial Services Company'}],
'attack_vector': 'Accidental Data Exposure',
'data_breach': {'number_of_records_exposed': 'UNKN',
'personally_identifiable_information': True,
'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
'type_of_data_compromised': ['Full names',
'Social Security numbers']},
'date_detected': '2018-04-21',
'date_publicly_disclosed': '2018-06-04',
'description': 'A data breach involving Edward D. Jones & Co, L.P. was '
'reported by the California Office of the Attorney General on '
'June 4, 2018. The breach occurred on April 21, 2018, when a '
'file containing client personal information was mistakenly '
'sent to another financial services company.',
'impact': {'data_compromised': ['Full names', 'Social Security numbers']},
'references': [{'date_accessed': '2018-06-04',
'source': 'California Office of the Attorney General'}],
'title': 'Data Breach at Edward D. Jones & Co, L.P.',
'type': 'Data Breach'}